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Interview - Charlotte Grieve & Dean Levitan
Investigative journalist Charlotte Grieve and media lawyer Dean Levitan discuss the first successful use of the new public interest defence to defamation. Charlotte and other Nine journalists were…
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Indie Watchdogs - Claire Stuchbery
Indie Watchdogs - Michael West
Indie Watchdogs - Michael West
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Indie Watchdogs - Richard Baker
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Indie Watchdogs - Anthony Klan
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Indie Watchdogs - Wendy Bacon
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S2E2 Peter Bartlett
Peter Bartlett is one of the most experienced media lawyers in Australia. He has acted for the media against defamation writs, demands to reveal sources and suppression orders. Bartlett has been…
S2E1 Hedley Thomas
Hedley Thomas’s journalism has a huge impact, often resulting in charges, inquiries and reforms. He has a unique style of in-depth immersion aimed at finding justice, most recently, for the relatives…
S1E7 Adele Ferguson
Adele Ferguson has exposed deceptions, scams and heartless profiteering by financial institutions and weak oversight by the nation’s regulators. Her work has led to hundreds of millions of dollars…
S1E5 Nick McKenzie
As an investigative reporter on The Age, Nick McKenzie has covered the local Mafia, allegations of war crimes, Crown casino’s links to criminal figures, political donations by Chinese interests,…
S1E9 Bob Bottom
Bob Bottom risked his life fighting organised crime as a journalist, a source to other journalists and as an advocate for the creation of federal and state crime-busting commissions. In a role that…
S1E8 Michael West
Michael West is an investigative journalist who focuses on the rising power of corporations over democracy. He is best known for investigations into multinational tax avoidance by some of the world’s…
S1E2 Chris Masters
Chris Masters reported about 100 episodes for the ABC’s Four Corners, exposing corruption and criminal behaviour at the highest levels of politics, the judiciary and police. His reporting withstood…
S1E6 David Wilson
David Wilson led The Age’s Insight investigative team for a decade and was one of the first journalists in Australia to build vast databases of information that enabled him to expose dozens of…
S1E6 Gerard Ryle
Gerard Ryle led worldwide teams of journalists who worked on investigations such as Offshore Leaks, the Panama Papers, Paradise Papers and Implant Files, producing the biggest cross-border…
S1E3 Sally Neighbour
As executive producer of the ABC’s Four Corners, Australia’s premier investigative reporting program, Sally Neighbour continues a long tradition of award-winning exposés of injustice, corruption, and…
S1E1 Brian Toohey
While editing The National Times, Brian Toohey published some of the most controversial and bold investigative journalism of the 1980s. As a reporter and author, he broke numerous stories about…
S1E4 Richard Baker
Richard Baker is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist and podcaster at The Age. He has exposed a broad range of issues including the payment of bribes to foreign officials by subsidiaries…
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